悪事千里

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	事	千	里
あく Grade: 3	じ Grade: 3	せん Grade: 1	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡事千里 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), a clipping of 悪事千里を走る (akuji senri o hashiru) and 悪事千里を行く (akuji senri o iku).

Idiom

悪(あく)事(じ)千(せん)里(り) • (akuji senri) 

1. clipping of 悪事千里を走る (akuji senri o hashiru), clipping of 悪事千里を行く (akuji senri o iku)

References

• “悪事千里”, in 漢検四字熟語辞典 (Kanken Yojijukugo Jiten, “Kanji Kentei Four-Character-Idiom Dictionary”) (in Japanese), second edition, Tōkyō: Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2012, →ISBN, page 62